It's over a year since I stopped posting at my old blog, The Quest for a Million Words , but according to StatCounter it's still get...

I got a package from Random House today summarising all the promo stuff for A Man Melting in the three months since its release. There wa...

Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark is the worst novel I have ever finished. Thin, slap-dash, meandering... Its only redeeming feature is ...

Subtitle : Songs that have struck a chord while working on Novel B this past fortnight... Explanatory note : Links are to youtube. Playli...

I rode the Sistine Chapel bus again on Wednesday morning. Talk about diminishing marginal returns. * September Reading #3 I went to t...

Twelve songs that have rung my bell while working on my novel this last fortnight. This may become a regular feature. We'll see.  Links ...

Back in February I wrote about those cloud-bursting moments writers have every so often that show you the way forward and give you an energ...

I’m back from Christchurch. I’d post my photos of the carnage but you’ve already seen the buildings online, in print or on tele. Seriousl...